Thesaurus results for FOCUSING

focusing 1 of 2

adjective

variants also focussing

as in optical

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focusing

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verb

variants also focussing

present participle of focus

as in concentrating

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective try to focus your attention on the task at hand

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Recent Examples of focusing

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Targeting Inbound Migration And Job Growth Investors can leverage regional shifts by focusing on secondary and tertiary markets instead of massive metropolitan areas. — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Our methodology To find the best credit counseling services, CNBC Select reviewed more than a dozen top agencies, focusing on services, fees, reputation and transparency. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Matt Wansley, a law professor at Cardozo focusing on AI and automated driving regulation, says being cryptic about how autonomous its vehicles actually are is part of Tesla’s usual playbook. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026 From lacrosse to football (Rasheed Riveroll Castillo) Matthew Fine of Loyola didn’t play football his junior season while focusing on lacrosse. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 While toxicology reports are still pending, sources say investigators are focusing on what drugs may have played a role in her death, and where the drugs came from. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Instead of choosing to make her way as a professional onto the LPGA Tour, which is a realistic option, Talley is not rushing into anything and is focusing on continuing her development. — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Paul Stuart is focusing on its glorious past — but in a contemporary way. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 By focusing on the answers, Tao says, AI discourages mathematicians from working on alternative approaches that might arrive at the same solution. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing

Adjective

Unlike conventional lasers, the optical structure can spread light interaction across a large area and direct some of it out through the surface.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Wait until sunset and make sure the sun has disappeared before pointing optical equipment anywhere near the western sky.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of optical

Verb

Wright suggests flipping your head over and working the product from the mid-shaft to the ends, concentrating a small amount on the ends rather than applying it near the roots.

— Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
The central region keeps shrinking, concentrating motion into an increasingly small area.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Adjective

Following the successful activation of its infrared sensors, engineers moved on to calibrate the WFI's element wheel, which filters individual wavelengths for detection using a system of prisms and other optic mechanisms.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Classics like black and cream—a richer, warmer tone than optic white—always work too.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of optic

Verb

The biggest news going into the second week of this year’s riveting French Open?

— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of riveting

Adjective

But while the visual language of prestige TV — handheld realism, long silences, and anxious scores — is still alive, the scale of stories has collapsed.

— Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Each of the four choreographers on the bill have created new choreography by drawing inspiration from visual art.

— Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2026